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Air Is Something Too is a free printable Grade 5 science worksheet on evidence that air and other gases are matter that takes up space, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 5-PS1-1. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Air Is Something Too

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1.Which holds more matter: a flat soccer ball or the same soccer ball pumped hard?
  • A.The pumped soccer ball, because it holds more air
  • B.They hold exactly the same
  • C.The flat soccer ball
2.An "empty" bottle is held mouth-down under water and tilted. Bubbles come out. What were they?
  • A.Nothing, it was empty
  • B.Air that was in the bottle all along
  • C.Water that turned into gas
3.A balloon tied tight shrinks a little in the freezer. Has any air got out?
  • A.No, the same air takes up less space when it is cold
  • B.Yes, the air turned to ice
  • C.Yes, half the air escaped
4.A ball is weighed flat, then pumped full of air. What happens to its mass?
  • A.It goes down
  • B.It goes up slightly, because air has mass
  • C.It stays exactly the same, because air weighs nothing
5.A cup is pushed upside down into water and a tissue inside it stays dry. Why?
  • A.Air trapped in the cup fills the space, so the water cannot get in
  • B.Tissue cannot get wet
  • C.The water is too cold
6.A flat basketball is pumped up and gets bigger and firmer. Why?
  • A.The rubber has grown
  • B.More air has been pushed inside it
  • C.The ball has warmed up
7.Drops form on the outside of a cold glass of juice. Where did the water come from?
  • A.The glass made it
  • B.Water vapor in the air, a gas that turned back into liquid on the cold glass
  • C.The juice leaked through the glass
8.A syringe with its end blocked cannot be pushed all the way in. Why?
  • A.The syringe is broken
  • B.Air pulls the plunger back by magic
  • C.The air inside is matter, and it takes up space

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Answer key — Air Is Something Too

Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The pumped soccer ball, because it holds more air
  2. 2.Air that was in the bottle all along
  3. 3.No, the same air takes up less space when it is cold
  4. 4.It goes up slightly, because air has mass
  5. 5.Air trapped in the cup fills the space, so the water cannot get in
  6. 6.More air has been pushed inside it
  7. 7.Water vapor in the air, a gas that turned back into liquid on the cold glass
  8. 8.The air inside is matter, and it takes up space

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 5-PS1-1 of the Next Generation Science Standards.